Monday Mets: The Weird World Of Winning
by The Mets have won seven of their first eight games this season despite being at the bottom of the league in some basic statistical categories. …
Category: Major Leagues
In New York, We Play 162 Seasons
by “During the 1920s New York Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert once described his perfect afternoon at Yankee Stadium. ‘It’s when the Yankees score eight runs in …
Monday Mets: First Impressions
While most of the players on the Mets roster were familiar, there was a fresh vibe around Citi Field in the opening weekend. So, what …
“Voice of the Yankees” Michael Kay to Receive Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio
by Michael Kay, the Emmy Award-winning New York Yankees play-by-play announcer on YES Network and drive time host of The Michael Kay Show on ESPN NY 98.7 FM Radio, has been …
Focus Soon Shifts to Mets and Yankees New Managers
by With Opening Day a day away, each New York team has quite similar question marks. Will their respective starting rotations hold up? Will their power …
Trying To Find Things To Be Pessimistic About
With less than a week to go before Opening Day, the 2018 Yankees have everything pretty well lined up. They are, predominately, healthy. Not one …
Story of John Donaldson Movie Project Launches Kickstarter
The legacy of John Donaldson, one of the greatest baseball players and a true American hero, will be restored in the feature documentary film 39 …
New Ruth Book Explores Lasting Legacy
Babe Ruth’s grandson Tom Stevens calls it “the first real effort to explain his enduring popularity,” and Stevens should know. He wrote the Foreword. BABE …
Monday Mets: New Regime Facing Familiar Problems
Oh, the irony. I’m not referring to “Canadian irony” like Alanis Morissette introduced to us in the late 1990’s, but actual irony, where the opposite …
Dunn, Byrnes, Connor Lead Irish Baseball HOF Ballot
As the calendar approaches St. Patrick’s Day, the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame (IABHOF) has announced the potential honorees whose names will be on the 2018 …